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Users closing browser so OnApprove not firing…

by MrGoldblum Contributor in PayPal Payments Standard
‎Jan-03-2023 10:43 AM
‎Jan-03-2023 10:43 AM
I’m using the standard PayPal JavaScript button. This is working fine most of the time. Is there any callback to call a php page if the “onApprove” does not get to fire? Some of our buyers seem to close their browser before completing or something. So we are taking peoples money (in PayPal) - but without the OnApprove function - we aren’t getting to add their details to our DB. Thanks for any help. ... View more
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Keep the PayPal buttons in US English - no matter ...

by MrGoldblum Contributor in REST APIs
‎Aug-25-2020 04:41 AM
‎Aug-25-2020 04:41 AM
Hi all, We sell a digital product - it's available only in US English, so all our users are fine with US English language. I've just had someone try to join who lives in Saudi Arabia - when they've clicked the SA Flag, to set where they live - it's changed the PayPal buttons to Arabic - the user doesn't read Arabic - so the PayPal form becomes unusable. I want to "lock" the PayPal buttons to US English (same as our product) I tried adding this to our code:   "locale":"en-US" But it did not help. Can anyone help? Thanks. ... View more

Error: Order could not be captured

by MrGoldblum Contributor in REST APIs
‎Aug-05-2020 12:31 AM
‎Aug-05-2020 12:31 AM
Hi,   We are using the standard client side PayPal buttons - as found here: https://developer.paypal.com/demo/checkout/#/pattern/client     paypal.Buttons({ style: { shape: 'rect', color: 'gold', layout: 'vertical', label: 'paypal', }, createOrder: function(data, actions) { return actions.order.create({ purchase_units: [{ amount: { value: '12.00' } }] }); }, onApprove: function(data, actions) { return actions.order.capture().then(function(details) { alert('Transaction completed by ' + details.payer.name.given_name + '!'); }); }, onError: function(err){ // Post error to our server } }).render('#paypal-button-container');   We have also added an onError callback to track when our users experience issues. This is a live site - and we are taking money/using the buttons. The amount is always $12.00   Most of the time - the buttons work well, but some of our users are experiencing errors (10 orders overnight, possibly 2 errors) - and we don't know the reason - the onError callback only provides the following message:   Error: Order could not be captured   We have no errors in our API log in our paypal account (all green ticks), and as far as we can tell - everything is going well up to this:   onApprove: function(data, actions) { return actions.order.capture().then(function(details) {   Where the data parameter all looks fine - with status "Approved", and the "actions" parameter is empty - so the actions.order.capture() does not work.   We have tried to recreate the errror - no funds in paypal account, no funds on debit/credit card, wrong card details - the buttons seem to handle these issues fine. So we cannot recreate the error, to test it ourselves, all we get is the result of the onError callback.   We have tried contacting support for help - but we wanted to see if anyone else had experienced this issue, and found a way to resolve it???   Thanks for the help.       ... View more

PayPal IPN... is Pending updated??

by MrGoldblum Contributor in PayPal Reporting
‎Jul-03-2020 06:07 AM
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‎Jul-03-2020 06:07 AM
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Hi all, We use the php PayPal ipn for our payments - mostly it works great, and we get “Completed” returns. But occasionally we get “Pending”. Does PayPal call the ipn page again at a later date to change the “pending” to completed? Or does it only call the ipn once, then the status is set. Thanks for the help. ... View more
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